He was conscious of nothing except the blankness of the page in front of him, the itching of the skin above his ankle, the blaring of the music, and a slight booziness caused by the gin.

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it.

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.

Being in a minority, even in a minority of one, did not make you mad. There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.

The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.

Reality is inside the skull.

Of pain you could wish only one thing: that it should stop. Nothing in the world was so bad as physical pain. In the face of pain there are no heroes.

Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.

If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.

It is better to know so much about a few but important things, than to know so little about life, and much about trivial things.

The mountains were so wild and so stark and so very beautiful that I wanted to cry. I breathed in another wonderful moment to keep safe in my heart.

Is there a difference between a man who thinks that honesty is the best policy, and an honest man?

I think George Will is somebody that said recently that the Republicans will not lose, as a Republican, that the Republicans will not win the election. I think it was a terrible statement.

In all my years of Ghost Hunting I have never been afraid, after all, a ghost is only a fellow human being in trouble

Swinish gluttony never looks to heaven amidst its gorgeous feast; but with besotted, base ingratitude, cravens and blasphemes his feeder.

I just broke up with my boyfriend, and I've been spending more time alone than I'd like.

when I am working I immediately feel hopeful.

Treasure is uncovered by the force of flowing water, and it is buried by the same currents.

Education-whether its object be children or adults, individuals or an entire people-consists in creating motives.